Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by gfrangakis 1889 days ago
What is this random spot with seemingly nothing around it in Russia?

https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=5.85&lat=68.2729&lo...
2 comments
aportnoy 1889 days ago
APG flaring of the Vankor field? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vankor_Field
link
ebertx 1889 days ago
There are a lot of strange spots in Russia. I was looking at a spot south of the Pechora Sea on the light pollution map, then comparing it with Google Maps/Earth. I can't see anything that would correlate with that much light.

https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=6.17&lat=67.1945&lo...

link